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HORN

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
HORN, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §343;
A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle
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  • Oxan horn biþ x pæninga weorþ

    an ox's horn shall be worth ten pence,

      L. In. 58; Th. i. 138, 21.

  • Se horn mínre hǽlo

    cornu salutis meæ,

      Ps. Th. 17, 3.

  • Horn stundum song

    sometimes the horn sounded,

      Beo. Th. 2851; B. 1423.

  • Hwílum teóh mid glæse oððe mid horne

    draw at times with a cupping-glass or horn,

      L. M. 2, 18; Lchdm. ii. 200, 13.

  • Sete horn on ða openan scearpan

    put a cupping-horn on the open scarifications,

      1, 56; Lchdm. ii. 126, 21.

  • Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwþer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe for þeóf hé biþ tó prófianne

    if a man come from a distance, or a stranger, go out of the highway, and he then neither shout nor blow a horn, he is to be tried as a thief,

      L. Wih. 28; Th. i. 42, 24.

  • Syððan hie Hygeláces horn and býman galan ongeáton, Beo. Th. 5879; B. 2943. ii hnæppas and iiii hornas

    two bowls and four drinking-horns,

      Chart. Th. 429, 31.

  • Ne býman ne hornas,

      Exon. 57 b; Th. 206, 30; Ph. 134.

  • Ne hér ðisse healle hornas [horn næs, Th.] ne byrnaþ

    nor here do this hall's gables burn,

      Fins. Th. 7; Fin. 4.

  • Ic wiht geseah wundorlíce horna ábitweónum húþe lǽdan

    I saw a creature [the moon] wondrously bringing spoil between its horns,

      Exon. 107 b; Th. 411, 19; Rä. 30, 2.

  • Heorot hornum trum

    the hart firm-antlered,

      Beo. Th. 2742; B. 1369.

  • Óþ wigbedes hornas

    usque ad cornu altaris,

      Ps. Th. 117, 25.
Etymology
[Goth. haurn; n. a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk : O. Sax. horn-[seli] : O. Frs. horn; n. cornu, tuba : Icel. horn; n. a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner : O. H. Ger. horn; n. cornu, tuba, promontorium : Ger. horn; n.]
Derived forms
DER. blǽd-, drenc-, fyhte-, gúþ-horn.
Similar entries
v. án-horn.
Linked entries
v.  hyrne.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “HORN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19529.

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